Thankful

We had a happy thanksgiving.  I never took my camera out but it was a very happy day.  I've been trying so hard lately to just focus on the most important things in life.  The things that really matter.  It is so easy to get caught up in the day to day stresses of life and to completely miss the "big picture".  I have felt that I really needed to reassess lately. I've been doing just that and I can't even express how it has changed my whole heart as of late.  I have much to be thankful for.

Pumpkin Patch

Every year around Halloween we head to the pumpkin patch.  We've gone to the same one since Elle was a baby.  Its a really fun one with rides for the kids, a petting zoo and lots and lots of pumpkins to choose from.  Each one of the girls chose their own pumpkin to take home with us.  Lily's favorite ride  was on the swings and she was completely enamored by the baby pigs.  Elle and Gwen loved a ride much like the tea cups. We even came home with a picture of Jon and I together (a rare event!) thanks to an impromptu shot by Elle.

Halloween Pirates

The girls decided they wanted to be Pirates this year for Halloween.  We had gone into a Halloween store and they begged for the pirate costume.  I told them they could be pirates but that we could put together a much cuter pirate costume than the one in the plastic packaging.  The clip on hoop earings were my favorite part. 

I think we succeeded!

Arrr!

We were trying to remember what the girls were each year for Halloween.  I linked all of the Halloween photos that I had on this blog.  It was so much fun to look back at old photos.  They're growing up waaaaaay too fast.

Halloween 2011 Elle
Halloween 2011 Gwen
Halloween 2011 Lily
Halloween 2010 Elle and Gwen
Halloween 2010 Lily
Halloween 2009 Elle
Halloween 2009 Gwen
Halloween 2009 Lily
Halloween 2008 Elle
Halloween 2008 Gwen